Schoolboy, 14, stabbed to death on London bus in Woolwich ‘was an aspiring drill rapper’: Manhunt continues for ‘murderer’ [Video]

21:01 EST 07 Jan 2025, updated 06:27 EST 08 Jan 2025

A 14-year-old boy who was knifed to death on a London bus is believed to be an aspiring drill rapper. 

The teenager, who has been named online only as ‘Grippa’, was stabbed in front of horrified passengers on a route 472 bus in Woolwich at around 2.30pm on Tuesday. 

Tributes have since poured in for the young musician with devastated friends on social media saying he was ‘taken too soon’.

Some also re-posted videos of Grippa drill rapping. His latest track ‘Bangers & Mash’ was released on Christmas Day.

A manhunt is currently ongoing for the knifeman who carried out the ‘horrendous’ attack which left the teenager dead at the scene. No arrests have been made.

At a press conference last night Chief superintendent Louise Sargent said officers are ‘working at pace’ to track the alleged murderer down. 

Giving her condolences to the boy’s friends and family, she said: ‘This …